[papercreters] AUGER- vs MY wringer WASHMACHINE MIXER

Charmaine has used an old washing machine and had good batches,
but IIRC it took quite a while to break up. Correct me if I'm
wrong, Charmaine.

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hI  spaceman-  nope, you iz wrong.. I usly only redwood sawdust  and fine cross shredded paper,and have had great success as a MIXER using the old wringer washer  it just agitates the small paper and sawdust very well.. does not chop.. so for a nice slow mixer -- I fill with water 1/3 full, add wet clay and sawdust and some lime, and let it run -- chuga chuga-- for 30 minutes, and have the perfect wet mix to pour into  blocks---  or I place  A window screen over the washer, and dump a bucket of mix on it, and let it drain a bit-- the longer it drains the stiffer and more sculptable the mix-- great for making shaped objects-- like animal figures, pottery -over wire mesh type work.  or into a block form, and then left to dry in the sun...   since I do   not add cement I need not worry over it sitting in the washer for days on end, just add more water and turn on again to stir it  up.

 

the  3 winged upright blade of the washer  agitator just swivels sharply back and forth- in a 90 deg. arc, so it blends in all the clay well.. and has a nice sound to work by....   kinda the "female touch" to alt. building.. but themn I started out making "kitchencrete" with my blender and fppd propcessors, using strainers, cookie pans,  big forks, tuna cans to bake test samples in a roaster bag to mimic 90 day cure--- and branched out to bigger equirment like the wringer washer   <grin>

Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
www.dirtcheapbuilder.com   www. papercrete.com        
PO Box 375, Cutten CA 95534

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